Here are the lineups:
RED SOX (41-32)
RF Mookie Betts
2B Dustin Pedroia
SS Xander Bogaerts
DH David Ortiz
1B Hanley Ramirez
CF Jackie Bradley Jr.
3B Travis Shaw
LF Bryce Brentz
C Christian Vazquez
Pitching: RHP Steven Wright (8-4, 2.01).
RANGERS (47-27)
RF Shin-Soo Choo
CF Ian Desmond
LF Nomar Mazara
3B Adrian Beltre
DH Prince Fielder
2B Rougned Odor
SS Elvis Andrus
1B Mitch Moreland
C Robinson Chirinos
Pitching: RHP A.J. Griffin (3-0, 2.94).
Game time: 9:20 p.m. (ET).
TV/Radio: NESN / WEEI.
Red Sox vs. Griffin: Ortiz 3-8 (1 HR), Pedroia 1-10.
Rangers vs. Wright: Beltre 0-3, Choo 0-2, Fielder 1-3, Chirinos 0-2, Moreland 0-2.
Stat of the Day: The Red Sox are 22-3 when Jackie Bradley Jr. hits a home run.
Wright stuff: Steven Wright is 5-1 with a 1.71 ERA in his last seven starts. Opponents have hit .198 with a .544 OPS in those games. Wright has allowed two or fewer earned runs in 11 of his 14 starts. Wright faced Texas once in his career, last May 29 at Globe Life Ballpark. He allowed three runs on five hits over 5.2 innings.
Retiring type: David Ortiz leads the majors in OPS (1.120), slugging percentage (.690), doubles (30), and extra-base hits (49).
Slow-pitch softball: The Red Sox are 36-10 when they score at least five runs, 5-22 when they don’t.
Heating up?: The Sox have scored 22 runs on 34 hits and 22 walks in the last three games. They lead the majors with 414 runs.
Other notes: The Sox have won two straight after Friday’s dramatic victory. They have not won three straight since May 29-31. … A.J. Griffin is making his first major league start since May 7. He has been on the disabled list with a shoulder strain. Griffin is 2-1 with a 3.60 ERA in four career starts against the Sox, the last in 2013. In his last appearance against the Sox, at Fenway Park on July 13, 2013, Griffin threw eight scoreless innings. … The Sox are 48 of 56 on stolen bases. … Hanley Ramirez is 4 of his last 13 with two homers and four RBIs. … Mookie Betts is 6 of his last 16 with two extra-base hits and four runs. … Sandy Leon is 12 of 22 with four doubles and four RBIs in nine games.
Song of the Day: “Up All Night” by Drake.
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